Frederik Joelving* is a journalist and lecturer focusing on health, science and investigative reporting. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Science Magazine, Reuters, The Conversation, The BMJ, Scientific American Mind, Undark, Retraction Watch, and elsewhere.
Frederik works as a freelance journalist and teaches philosophy of science at the University of Copenhagen. He also gives talks to schools, organizations and companies about research misconduct and related topics – for topics, click here.
Previously, he was an editor at Retraction Watch, a managing editor at Medicinske Tidsskrifter and a reporter and editor at Reuters.
His award-winning reporting on the healthcare industry has taken him on several long trips to India, first for Reuters and later with support from the H.D. Lloyd Fund for Investigative Journalism at The Nation Institute. As a result of his work, the Indian government proposed rules barring drugmakers from running screening programs to boost sales, a popular marketing practice that may lead to inappropriate or needlessly pricey treatments (the proposal was blocked by parliament).
Frederik has an M.S. in biology from the University of Copenhagen, where he specialized in neuroscience, and an M.A. in journalism from the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program at New York University. He currently studies psychotherapy in Copenhagen.
*Written 'Jølving' in Danish